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ELEGTRIG HAIR DRIER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE28,1913.

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JOHN '1. STAPLETON,

0F JERSEY CITY, NEW- JERSEY, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO VICTOR H. SKINNER, OF BALBOA, CANAL ZONE.

ELECTRIQ HAIR-DRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 17, 1914.

I Application filed .Tune 28, 1913'. Serial No. 776,338.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN T. STAPLETON, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Jersey City, in the count-yof Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Electric Hair-Driers, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

'This invention relates to hair driers, and the object thereof isto provide an improved electrically heated device of this class made in the style of acomb and by means of which long hair may be quickly and easily dried after washing or shampooing, without-danger of burning or otherwise injuring the same.

The invention is fully disclosed in the foL lowing specification of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my invention are designated by suitable reference characters in and in which Figure 1 is a side view of my improved hair drier Fig. 2 a longitudinal sectionv on the line 2-2 of Fig. l, and Fig. 3 a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing a modification.

M improved hair drier involves a head a an handle b, and the head a comprises an oblon tubular casin a rovided at one r: g P

side with teeth a and at one end with a central aperture a into which is screwed a sleeve 0 with which the handle I) is connected. The sleeve 0 which is screwed into the casing a is provided with a projecting member 0 and the handle I), which may be composed of any desired material, is tubular in form and provided with a lining b of any suitable material having a projecting sleeve portion 6 adapted to be inserted into the part c and to be secured therein by a set screw a or in any desired manner. The inner end'of the sleeve 0 is closed by a plug 0 or by any other suitable means, and passing centrally and longitudinally through the handle I), the sleeve 0 and the plug a is a small tube 01 on which are wound electric wires or cables e. That portion of the wires or cables e within the handle I) and extendin therefrom, as shown in Fig. 1, is provided with an insulating covering e in the usual manner, while that portion of said ing thewires or cables 6 wires or cables within that portion of the sleeve 0 within said casing is provided with a covering e of asbestos. Connected with the outer end of the tube (Z is a flexible tube f around which the wires or cables e are preferably wound, and it will be understood that the wires or cables e may be of any desired length as may also the flexible tube f, but said flexible tube f need not be as long as the wires or cables 6. i

'In the use of this device, the casing a is filled or partially filled with water, as shown at g in Fig. 2, and when the electric current is turned on through the wires or cables 6 the water 9 will be heated and this will heat the casing a and the teeth a and the device may be used as a comb for drying the hair, as will be readily understood. The water 9 may be introduced into the casing a before the sleeve is screwed thereinto through the opening a if desired, or said casmgmay be provided with a filling aperture at h which may be closed by any suitable closure device h The object of coverwithin the casing a or within the sleeve 0 that is inserted into said casing is to prevent too quick and too great heating or prevent the overheating of the sleeve 0, but it willgghe understood that this covering of said wires or cables is not an absolute necessity.

In the construction shown in Fig. 3, an independent removable sleeve z is provided on which the wires or cables e are wound, after which the said independent sleeve with the wires or cables wound thereon is inserted into the sleeve 0 after which the handle b is attached. The independent sleeve 1T facilitates the construction of the device, or the assembling of the various parts thereof and also serves to prevent the overheating of the tube 03, and sleeve 0.

In theoperation of this device, the central tube 0. serves as an exhaust in case the water g should become overheated at any time and this exhaust passes through the tube f and may be discharged at any point along the wires or cables e, and said wires or cables mavbe connected with any suitable source of electrical supply.

The use of water as a heat transmitting medium in a device of this class is a great advantage, in that the overheating of the casing a or the head a of the device may be easily prevented, and such overheating is not apt to occur.

'While I have shown and described the preferred form of my improved hair drier, it will be understood that my invention is not limited to the exact construction herein shown and described, and changes therein a sleeve passed through said handle and con-- nectedwith the sleeve in the head, the inner end of the sleeve within the head being closed and being provided with a central tube which extends therethrough and throu h the handle, and the space .within said s eeve around said central tube being provided with electric circuit wires or cables which are wound thereon and which extend outwardly through thehandle.

2. An electric hair drler comprising a tubular head havin a sleeve passed inwardly through one end t ereof and with the outer end of which is connected a tubular handle, and electric circuit wires wound in said sleeve and extending outwardly through saidhandle, said sleeve being also provided with an exhaust tube which communicates with a space within said head.

3. An electric hair drier comprising a tubular head provided with teeth, a part inserted into said head ano forming a chamber therein, a tubular handle connected with said part, and electric circuit wires wound in said chamber and extendin said handle, said chamber being also provided with an exhaust which communicates with the interior of the head and extends outwardly through the handle.

4. An electric hair drier comprising a head provided with a water chamber, a tubular member adapted to be inserted into said head and formin a central chamber therein, a tubular handle adapted to be connected with said member, and electric circuit wires wound in'said central chamber and extending-outwardly through the handle, said water chamber being also provided with an exhaust.

5. An electric hair drier comprising a hollow head provided at one end with a tubular handle, a tubular member passed into said head and with which the handle is connected, said tubular member forming an outer water chamber and an inner closed chamber in which are wound electric wires which pass out through the handle, and said .water chamber being provided with an exhaust device which also passes through the handle.

out through In testimony that I claim the foregoing'as my invention I have signed my name 1n presence of the subscribing witnesses this 26th day of June 1913.

JOHN T. STAPLET-ON. Witnesses:

- C. MULREANY,

S. ANDREWS. 

